Rockin’ Patent – Harold T. Kingsley’s “Mechanical Toy”
Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 1,571,674 Filed: 16 March 1922 In the name of: Harold T. Kingsley Title: Mechanical Toy What’s claimed: “In combination, a toy person, having encased therein a bellows, a cylinder and a valve housing, said housing containing a plurality of air chambers having reed blocks and valves for operating the same, spring mechanisms adapted to operate said bellows for forcing air into said housing and valves and to operate said cylinder and operating arms connecting said cylinder and valves, adapted on movement of said cylinder to regulate the opening and closing of said valves.” Why this patent rocks: As with some of the previous rockin’ […]